Laura and Almanzo Wilder have just been married! Their life ona small prairie homestead begins with high hopes. But each yearseems to bring unexpected disasters—storms, sickness, fire, andunpaid debts. These first four years call for courage, strength,and a great deal of determination. Always, though, there is love,especially for the newest member of the family—baby Rose. THE FIRSTFOUR YEARS is the ninth and final book in the Laura Years serie
The long Winter is over. With Spring come socials, parties,and “Literaries.” There is also work to be done. Laura spends manyhours each day sewing shirts to help send Mary to college for theblind. But in the evenings, Laura makes time for a new caller,Almanzo Wilde
Meet Laura Ingalls, the little girl who would grow up to writethe Little House books. Pa Ingalls heads west to the unsettledwilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie,and baby Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the townof De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what willsoon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake. By theShores of Silver Lake is the fifth book in the Laura yearsseries.
In one CD Boxed Set Collection, Patricia MacLachlan's threebeautiful and award-winning titles in the Newbery Medal winningSarah, Plain and Tall series. Sarah, Plain and Tall won countlessawards, including the Newbery Medal in 1986, and has gone on to net3.5 million copies, become an award-winning Hallmark Hall of FameTV movie starring Glenn Close, who reads this unabridged audio.Skylark, the anticipated sequel published in 1994, went on to sellnearly 1 million copies and is "Packed with meaning and portent,each sentence shows the careful touch of a master." (School LibraryJournal) Caleb's Story is one of the most anticipated publicationsof the fall - and continues the saga of Sarah, and her family onthe prairie. All of the beloved characters return for anotherimportant episode in their lives-but this time the book is narratedby Caleb offering a new perspective.
Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, butPa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek.The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop.Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strangeglittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millionsof grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In aweek's time, there is no wheat crop left at all. On the Banks ofPlum Creek is the fourth book in the Laura Years series.
NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry A SINGLE SHARD by Linda Sue Park ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O'Dell THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND by Elizabeth George Speare.
The Story of a boy named Almanzo Wilder...While Laura Ingallsgrows up on the western prairie, a boy named Almanzo Wilder isliving on a farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother andsisters work at their chores from dawn until supper most days -- nomatter what the weather. There is still time for fun, though,especially with the horses, which Almanzo loves more thananything.
Laura is teaching school, and it’s terrifying! Most of thestudents are taller than she is, and she must sleep away from homefor the first time. Laura is miserable, but the money is needed tokeep Mary in a college for the blind. And every Friday—no matterwhat the weather—Almanzo Wilder arrives to take Laura home to herfamily for the weekend. Laura and Almanzo are courting, and eventhough she’s not yet sixteen, she knows that this is a time for newbeginnings. These Happy Golden Years is the eight book in the LauraYears ser
